Saad Khalid

-Responsible for preparing, reviewing and issuing annual and quarterly financial statements of listed and non-listed clients;
-Assisting in the planning, execution and finalisation of all areas of the audit assignment for Manager/Partner review clearly highlighting issues and providing potential solutions to issues identified including business and audit risks;
-Project management of all aspects of audit including agreeing audit timelines, supervision of junior team members, delivery of audit work and attending meetings;
-Assessing effectiveness of client processes and controls;
-Performing higher risk and non-routine audit functions;
-Ensuring effective use and application of KAM and auditing standards;
-Monitoring the financial performance of projects by taking budgets from the managers and focusing on optimising profitability and increasing over-runs.

Working as an in-charge auditor on different clients. Successfully managed to complete audits within stringent deadlines whilst identifying accounting and financial issues and recommending improvements.

- Responsible for preparing, reviewing and issuing annual and quarterly financial statements of listed and non-listed clients;
- Involved in group audits where the task is to liaise with managers of subsidiaries to ensure the audit at subsidiary level is smooth and to ensure timely completion of audit for the purposes of consolidation. To discuss any major issues identified at subsidiary level and discuss them at group level with client personnel and KPMG managers and partners for the purposes of consolidation.
- Assessing significant risks of a client by considering the nature of business and the industry that the business operates in to devise an effective audit strategy
- Testing design, implementation and effectiveness of internal controls of clients and recommending improvements using management letter;
- Working on implementation of IFRS 15 and IFRS 9 on a listed client
- As part of audit, involved in analyzing budgets prepared by the entities to ensure they are in-line with company’s policies and assessing their accounting and financial impact on the business
- Preparing board presentations for client's board
- Providing on the job training and reviewing work of subordinates;
- Reporting directly to Managers and Directors

Client portfolio

Worked on all the financial statements captions. Effectively worked as an in-charge by taking on additional responsibility of managing audit independently and finalizing and delivering the deliverables under strict deadlines whilst giving on-job training and reviewing work of subordinates

Won a ‘Bravo Team Award’ for recognition of hard-work and delivering quality work under very strict deadlines whilst improving client relationship

Client portfolio:
SERCO Plc
Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC)
Mabani Steel
Deyaar Development PJSC
Majid Al Futtaim Properties
Abdullah Rostamani Properties
Al - Ghurair Construction
Emirates Trading Agency (ETA Star International - Group)

Client: University of Nizwa
This audit was assigned as a challenge because the audit had to be completed from the years 2012 to 2016 in one year and I had been assigned a team of fresh graduates for their on the job training. I was responsible to complete the Audit, prepare and finalize the deliverables including issuance of financial statements; I successfully managed the assigned task whilst ensuring on the job training of subordinates.

Operational Experience
•Planning the Audit;
•Examining an entity's financial statements, performance information, and other information that must be audited;
•Establishing priority areas;
•Auditing the records;
•Assessing the results;
•Preparing Financial Statements;
•Forming and reporting an audit opinion;
•Reporting and Communication;